Scaryoke

You no longer have to go to a Karaoke-specific bar or know someone with fancy equipment.

There are a few things we can thank COVID-19 and Quarantine for, though admittedly, the list is very short. One of those is the mass adoption of online gatherings. All you need now is a few friends or family, a computer with a camera and microphone and then you’re all set to have a fun night of karaoke at home!
If you’re organizing this little shindig around Halloween you might consider having a “Scaryoke” party, complete with costumes holiday themed backgrounds and appropriate song choices. (See list at bottom of page).

You only need 3 things to host a Virtual Karaoke party: 

  1. Zoom (or any virtual meeting/party app)
  2. Watch2Gether: create a party room for your guests and as they join, you’ll all see the same screen
  3. A list of friends and family

Set up your party via Zoom and Watch2Gether and send invites to your friends and family.

Best Practices:

  • Have each person submit their songs beforehand and find the karaoke version of the song on YouTube or Vimeo. We have yet to think of a song that doesn’t have a Karaoke track with on-screen lyrics on one of those two platforms
  • After receiving everyone’s songs, create a setlist that keeps the momentum strong. One slow song to every 2 fast-paced songs. Too many slow songs in a row can slow things down too much!
  • To keep everyone engaged, don’t let them know the setlist ahead of time. If you know that you’re performing 4th in line, you may tune out until song #3. But if you don’t’ know when your name may be called, you’ll be engaged and paying attention.
  • Keep it positive! Anyone who has the nerve to sing in front of their friends and family deserves a round of applause! 
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100 Best Halloween Songs:
1. Thriller – Michael Jackson
 2. Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers
 3. Ghostbusters – Ray Parker Jr.
 4. Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
 5. I’m Your Boogie Man – KC and the Sunshine Band
 6. Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
 7. Time Warp – Rocky Horror Picture Show
 8. Witch Queen of New Orleans – Redbone
 9. Superstition – Stevie Wonder
10. This is Halloween – Citizens of Halloween
11. Somebody’s Watching Me – Rockwell
12. Haunted House – Jumpin’ Gene Simmons
13. Devil Woman – Cliff Richard
14. I Put a Spell on You – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
15. The Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
16. Sympathy for the Devil – Rolling Stones
17. Whistlin’ Past the Graveyard – Tom Waits
18. Creature from the Black Lagoon – Dave Edmunds
19. Dinner With Drac – John Zacherle “The Cool Ghoul”
20. Walking Through a Cemetery – Claudine Clark
21. Abracadabra – Steve Miller Band
22. Bad to the Bone – George Thorogood & the Destroyers
23. Devil Inside – INXS
24. Dark Night – Blasters
25. Toccata… – Mannheim Steamroller / Sky
26. Dead Man’s Stroll – Revels
27. The Purple People Eater – Sheb Wooley
28. Grave Robbing Tonight – John Zacherle “The Cool Ghoul”
29. Welcome to my Nightmare – Alice Cooper
30. Twilight Zone – Neil Norman
31. Frankenstein – Edgar Winter Group
32. Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
33. Evil Woman – Electric Light Orchestra
34. That Old Black Magic – Bobby Rydell
35. Witchcraft – Frank Sinatra
36. Out of Limits – Marketts
37. Evil Ways – Santana
38. Witchcraft – Spiders
39. Little Demon – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
40. People Are Strange – Doors
41. The Ghost of Smokey Joe – Cab Calloway
42. Black Magic Woman – Santana
43. Up Jumped the Boogie – Tractors
44. Screamin’ Ball – Du Ponts
45. Horror Movies – Bollock Brothers
46. Devil With a Blue Dress On – Mitch Ryder & the Detroit Wheels
47. There’s a Ghost In My House – R. Dean Taylor
48. Voodoo Voodoo – LaVern Baker
49. Hoo Doo Man Blues – Jr. Wells
50. My Baby Must Be a Magician – Marvelettes
51. Halloween Theme – John Carpenter
52. Witchy Woman – Eagles
53. Psycho Killer – Talking Heads
54. Rapture – Blondie
55. Spooky – Dusty Springfield / Classics IV
56. Castin’ My Spell – Johnny Otis Show (Marci Lee)
57. Lil’ Devil – Cult
58. Halloween Spooks – Lambert, Hendricks & Ross
59. The Headless Horseman – Kay Starr / Billy Butterfield, 3 Beaus & A Peep
60. Dead Man’s Bones – Dead Man’s Bones
61. Hells Bells – AC/DC
62. Over at the Frankenstein Place – Rocky Horror Picture Show
63. Season of the Witch – Donovan
64. Flyin’ Saucers Rock ‘N’ Roll – Billy Riley
65. Haunted House – Elvira
66. Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) – David Bowie
67. Vamp Camp – Ventures
68. Jack the Ripper – Screaming Lord Sutch
69. Spirit in the Night – Bruce Springsteen
70. The Bells – James Brown / Dominoes
71. Love Potion # 9 – Clovers
72. Zombie Jamboree – King Flash-Calypso Carnival
73. The Shadow Knows – Link Wray
74. Voodoo Cadillac – Southern Culture on the Skids
75. Up Jumped the Devil – Roy Brown
76. Witch Doctor – David Seville
77. Bo Meets the Monster – Bo Diddley
78. Riders in the Sky – Vaughn Monroe
79. Funeral March of a Marionette (Alfred Hitchcock Presents) – Charles Gounod
80. The Boogie Man – Cadillacs
81. Feast of the Mau Mau – Screamin’ Jay Hawkins
82. Devil That I See – Penguins
83. Werewolf – Five Man Electrical Band
84. Psycho Theme – Mannheim Steamroller
85. Madhouse Jump – Daylighters
86. Batman Theme – Neil Hefti
87. The Addams Family Theme – Vic Mizzy
88. Feed My Frankenstein – Alice Cooper
89. Werewolf – Frantics
90. Devils Toy – Almighty
91. Little Devil – Neil Sedaka
92. Evil Is Goin’ On – Howlin’ Wolf
93. Dead – Poets
94. Foo Man Choo – Revels
95. Fire – The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
96. The Blob – Five Blobs
97. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes – Lewis Lee
98. The Thing – Phil Harris
99. Everyday (Is Halloween) – Ministry
100. Hammer Horror – Kate Bush

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